Comments on: Marlins trade Justin Ruggiano to Cubs for Brian Bogusevichttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2013/12/12/marlins-trade-justin-ruggiano-to-cubs-for-brian-bogusevic/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Thu, 14 Dec 2017 02:17:15 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Old Gatorhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2013/12/12/marlins-trade-justin-ruggiano-to-cubs-for-brian-bogusevic/#comment-627657
Thu, 12 Dec 2013 19:50:37 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627657One thing we have in common with respect to both of our teams, Tex, is that neither of us expect great things. Such is life in the basement.
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:40:30 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627533with all these moves, why aren’t the Marlins on the phone with the A’s? Doesn’t matter if there’s a match, mind you, but dang…just think of the potential of it all. Trader Billy and the Sell-offs on a phone call discussing trades…that’s gotta be gold right there.
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 17:32:18 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627523Back on the baseball topic, Gator, don’t expect great things. Astros drafted Bugosevic #1 out of Tulane as an ace LHP. Four years later he is still trying to figure out how to get guys out. So he does an Ankiel. Except for an 80-game stretch in 2011, he has done very little at MLB. Good speed, great arm, poor OBP, lousy power.

He’s a good athlete, but a typical AAAA player. Sorry about that.

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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:45:52 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627476Footage savings to left center field fence: 31. Smile on Ruggiano’s face when he thinks about all those warning track flyouts: priceless.
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:36:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627463Which, now that the pride of Columbian agriculture has begun to circulate through my brain (honly when thee leefs have grown ripe weeth the sun, Juan Mezquitez weel peek them and take them to market een the valley…) it occurs to me just how much like a third world banana republic the Feesh have become. Oligarchical ruler, fumbling underlings, vast gulf between the earnings of the rulers and the slave-driven peasant laborers (comparatively speaking), rife with rumors, plots and sub-plots – kinda a toss between Cien años de soledad, Sorceror (“I don’ theenk you are Leo Nuñez the peetcher. I theenk you are a feelthy greengo ass holl”) and Nostromo.

There used to be some pretty nifty minor league teams down here, though.

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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:24:54 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627448Sounds more like an exchange of prisoners between two feuding third-world armpits in the Andes.
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:23:10 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627446Good trade for the Marlins.
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 16:05:31 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627425The Marlins seem to be doing an awful lot of “rosterbation” this offf season. Which is appropriate when the owner is a wanker.
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:52:51 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627404Salary savings: $1
Smile on Scrooge’s face for saving a buck: Priceless
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Thu, 12 Dec 2013 15:50:49 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=506752#comment-627400Pretty much a lateral move. I get the platoon numbers, and for that reason I guess it makes sense, but much like Bogusevic’s prior 3 seasons in AAA, this is underwhelming.
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